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The museum asked more than sixty people in Shenzhen to propose a design object that told a story about their city and the result was an exhibition of twenty-three things and twenty-three stories about the place. By exhibiting everyday objects, the show placed  centre stage the realities of urban life, of industry and of commercial and social change. \r\n\r\nNotes of Landscape in Shenzhen was suggested by the graphic designer of the book Han Zhanning. The book details the ecology of Shenzhen and the surrounding landscape, what Han Zhanning describes as ‘the natural  ecosystem of the city’. Behind the book is a desire to shift perceptions of Shenzhen from being just a place of  dirty industry, to an awareness of the maturing city’s landscape, flora and fauna.\r\n\nThe Shenzhen exhibition was the first opportunity to test Rapid Response Collecting. 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